How To Install git-publish on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-publish on Rocky Linux 8.
What is git-publish
git-publish handles repetitive and time-consuming details of managing patch email submission. It works with individual patches as well as patch series and has support for pull request emails. Each revision is stored as a git tag including the cover letter (if any). This makes it easy to refer back to previous revisions of a patch. Numbering is handled automatically and the To revisions to save you retyping them. Many projects have conventions for submitting patches. It is possible to encode them as a .gitpublish file and hooks/ scripts. This automatically uses the right settings and can run a coding style checker or linting tools before emails are sent.
We can use yum or dnf to install git-publish on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-publish.
Install git-publish on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install git-publish using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install git-publish
Install git-publish on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install git-publish using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install git-publish
How To Uninstall git-publish on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the git-publish package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove git-publish
git-publish Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/git-publish
/usr/share/git-publish/hooks/pre-publish-send-email.example
/usr/share/licenses/git-publish
/usr/share/licenses/git-publish/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/git-publish.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-publish on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.